The Holy City

I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. Revelation 21:2

The New Jerusalem is symbolic of many things but also of God’s fulfillment of His promises to His people.  Like the great, Consummation.

Consider brides, and all the preparing and planning it takes for their wedding day; hoping not one detail is missed.

This, concerning the New Jerusalem John prophesies, “The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself was made of pure gold, as pure as glass.  The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone:  The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third, chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.”  Revelations 21:18-20

The New Jerusalem is a beautiful promise over time taking place, just like a bride waiting and preparing for the day she will be wed.

The parable of the 10 virgins is a beautiful parable of brides who kept their lamps burning for the bridegroom to appear.

And isn’t that the challenge for us all, will our hearts still be burning with the flame of love for the bridegroom when He returns?

Hold on to the promise-Fan into flame the Gift of God! (2Tim 1:6)